June 05, 2012

How to mix work and play

"The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he's always doing both."

~James Michener Author of Hawaii

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Rich Litvin and I are doing a "seminar" for coaches in Hawaii later this year unlike anything we have ever done. Rather than the typical two-day programs, we are expanding it to five/plus. We asked ourselves after sellouts at our London event, our Marina del Rey event, and after my own Coaching Prosperity School filled up and sold out, WHAT CAN WE DO THAT IS SO FRIGHTENING AND EXCITING almost no one will come?

We are tired of turning people away.

So we came up with this plan code named: HELL WEEK. We'll be welcoming people into the room the first day with Elvis singing his disturbing song, Only The Strong Survive.

"We say we waste time, but that is impossible. We waste ourselves." ~ Alice Bloch

It's time we get honest about this thing called time. Because honesty has a much- deserved reputation for liberation.

Working with what's really going on sets us free from our negative imaginary future, and allows us to act now. Bold courage. That's what I advocate, and not for you so much as for me.

Because I had a past history of lazy passive inactivity and pure cowardice. Then something shifted and I saw the possibility of making a turnaround. I began to act. Just a little here and there but one does build inner strength this way. And the more one acts the more fun life gets... don't trust that... test it.

* * * * * God is Alive, Magic is Afoot

From Leonard Cohen:

This I mean to whisper to my mind This I mean to laugh within my mind This I mean my mind to serve Til' service is but magic Moving through the world And mind itself is magic Coursing through the flesh And flesh itself is magic Dancing on a clock And time itself The magic length of God

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im a 48 year old black man .i have heard this song over the years ,never really got a ccahne to check it all out until tonight .7/2010,i have listened to about 6 different versions of this ,the internet really paid off for me tonite i love this song ,thank you

Fantastic! Thank you for this Steve. I have been joyfully discovering what it means to mix work and play lately and I've found that everyone writes their own "rules" to make this work- that's part of the play.
"the more one acts the more fun life gets..." I couldn't agree more! Thank you for the perfect reminder. I am grateful for you.